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Vic assaults up 7.8%, police stats show
Assaults in Victoria are on the rise, reinforcing the state's reputation for alcohol-fuelled violence.
November 26, 2009, 5:56 pm -
Widow speaks of grief following crash
The partner of a Melbourne man mown down by a drunken unlicensed driver two years ago says his death "gouged" her heart.
November 26, 2009, 5:49 pm -
Brumby hails separated twins' medicos
The medical team that successfully separated conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna have made all Victorians proud, Premier John Brumby says.
November 26, 2009, 5:08 pm -
Separated twins' medical team honoured
The team of Melbourne doctors and nurses who separated twins Trishna and Krishna have been honoured at a reception at Victoria's Government House.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 4:56 pm -
Rainstorms cause transport chaos
Melbourne and parts of north-eastern Victoria have been hit by severe storms.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 3:31 pm -
Victoria's DPP orders DNA case review
Victoria's DPP has ordered a re-examination of the past five years of cases to determine if they relied on DNA evidence now thought to be unreliable.
November 26, 2009, 3:23 pm -
Problem gamblers favour casinos over racing
The Productivity Commission has heard that problem gamblers have turned away from horseracing, in favour of casinos and poker machines.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 2:20 pm -
Motorcycle gangs seek Victorian bases: report
Victoria's Chief Police Commissioner, Simon Overland has played down possible plans by two interstate motorbike gangs to establish bases in Victoria.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 2:20 pm -
Union wants bikie laws for Victoria
Victoria's police union wants laws to control bikie gangs, with a confidential police report revealing that two outfits want to set up chapters in the state.
November 26, 2009, 2:18 pm -
Horsham bushfire victims launch class action
A group of victims of the Horsham bushfire on Black Saturday bushfires are taking legal action against power company Powercor.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 2:00 pm -
Over 100 fire fighters 'at risk' in Black Saturday burnovers
It has been revealed that 19 fire crews were caught in dangerous burnovers on Black Saturday, 11 years after five fire fighters died in a burnover at Linton near Ballarat.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 1:52 pm -
Ombudsman critical of Vic child protection services
The Victorian Premier, John Brumby has conceded more needs to be done to improve the state's child protection services.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 1:02 pm -
Man charged over weekend machete attack
A man has been charged over a machete attack outside the Bubble nightclub in Melbourne at the weekend.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 12:33 pm -
Elderly incest man given jail term cut
An elderly man who over decades sexually abused eight family members, including his daughters and granddaughters, has had his jail term cut.
November 26, 2009, 12:30 pm -
New literary centre named after travel book founders
Melbourne's Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas will be named after two of Australia's most successful publishers, Tony and Maureen Wheeler.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 11:45 am -
Child protection workers fudging figures
A scathing Ombudsman's report has identified gross deficiencies in Victoria's child protection service.
November 26, 2009, 11:35 am -
No extra tax cuts for Victorians
Any extra cash in government coffers will be spent on hospitals, roads and schools rather than tax cuts, Victorian Treasurer John Lenders says.
November 26, 2009, 11:32 am -
No training program for senior fire controllers
The Bushfires Royal Commission has heard the CFA has no course to train its incident controllers to run the most serious fires, despite a shortage of experienced controllers having been acknowledged at least three years ago.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 11:11 am -
RSPCA critical of animal cruelty sentence
The RSPCA has criticised a Magistrate's decision not to ban a man from owning animals, after he was jailed for animal cruelty.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 11:04 am -
Farting pig sparks gas leak emergency
Victoria's Country Fire Authority says a call out to a suspected gas leak in Central Victoria on Tuesday night was not what they were expecting.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 10:42 am
